Safeway Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., welcomed President Barack Obama to its Upper Marlboro, Md., distribution center as he called for new fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks.
Mother Nature poses a great deal of challenges for truckers, especially during the winter months. Find out how your truckers can be better prepared before braving the conditions.
Traceability. Recalls. Fraud. Cargo theft. National security. These are all buzzwords to describe the food industry’s daily challenges in securing and protecting America’s food chains.
Maximize trailer and cargo security with MAGTEC’s Power In-Lock, an internal lock that’s easily mounted to standard trailer roll-up or swing-out doors.
Norfolk Southern’s Birmingham Regional intermodal facility at McCalla, Ala., meets standards of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), according to the Norfolk, Va.-based transportation company.
Swift Transportation Co., Phoenix, Ariz., acquired Central Refrigerated Service, Inc., a Naperville, Ill.-based temperature controlled truckload carrier.
Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk, Va., disclosed the railroad’s business strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and its environmental footprint in a filing with the international not-for-profit CDP.
Grocery Direct Consolidated Transportation, Inc., Dallas, Texas, officially changed its name to Shippers Express Truck Lines Inc., effective immediately.
Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas, and Duff Brothers Capital Corp., Columbia, Miss., entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Duff Brothers Capital will offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of FFE (except shares owned by its affiliates) for $2.10 in cash per share of common stock.
